I do not want to be negative, but I had a bad time with the port I had put in near my collar bone. The tube from the port ran an inch or so in my vein and it bugged me soooo bad. I was 1/2 way thru...
OH MY GOODNESS!!! The seroma must have been full of about 3 to 4 cups of blood and lymphfluid! It was getting quite uncomfortable and then an infection started around my relocated belly button! The...
Hello, Seroma had been healing awesome... then I got the flu and the flu caused me to puked 5 or 6 times and holy crap. Seroma got so huge and it happened to be Labor day weekend. Thank goodness the...
Hello! It has been awhile since my last post... life is busy! Seroma is still on my belly, however I think it is healing so I will opt to leave it alone. None of the doctors seem concerned?? I'll...
Tiphanie, Bless your heart! You are going through more than I can imagine! One peice of advice that got me through chemo was to take ambien, because you won't feel sick if you are asleep... it worked...
It gave me a sick feeling in my stomach when I was informed of having BC. The dx just confirmed what my woman's intuition had already let me know. I guess knowing helped soften the blow, but it still...
Thanks for the replies! I see the oncologist on the 16th and I am curious to hear another opinion! Leaving it alone sounds best to me! /community/emoticons/tongue.gif ...
KATHY THAT SOUNDS GREAT!! It is weird that BC can be an actual blessing... I have depression that has been so much harder for me and it has been harder then heck to treat and also hard to get...
HAS ANYONE DEALT W/ A SEROMA??? On 7/6/06 I had a bilateral pedicle tram breast reconstruction. (included the removal of right breast w/ the left mastectomy 2 years out and radiation 1 year out) I...
Kathy, I do have more tissue, but since I had a bilateral it is not uneven...so it is just fatter where my ribs meet. Do you have that weird tight feeling around the belly button? Since i have always...
For my new boobs: Perhaps a pink ribbon tattoo instead of a nipple!? I do believe that is what I will do! It does look odd for breasts to be so.... well so naked! A pink ribbon would appear to be an...
Chantry, A pedicle tram reconstruction uses the abdominal muscles for a blood supply. The loss of the muscles make it so you cannot do situps, so you have to roll to your side to get up when you are...
the recovery, but now that I know how easy it was I would not have stressed so much! (for me, Each person is so different!) thank you all! Karen in north Idaho [img]/community/emoticons/yeah.gif...
Dear GMA, I am sorry to hear your news about you grandson... I have 4 boys ages 9,12,12,and15! My prayers are w/ you and your family! Also I would like to thank you for all your replies to all our...
thanks! I appreciate all the info... I had seen this site, but personal experience stories are now helping me w/ my decision!...
thanks for the reply!!!!...
I wanted to know if anyone that has had the lat dorsi (is that the correct abbreviation?) My concern for this surgery is the loss of strength in my arms. I do alot of lifting and yard work. I will...
I am not a church going person, but I have been talking to the almighty alot these days. xox karen ...
Due to radiation damage I am not a canidate for implants alone. The weight gain and loss w/ me is 10 to 20 lbs because of bipolar II depression and a serious sugar addiction. I was aware that the...
I forgot to mention your anxiety which I also know is very serious and frustating! karen...
I have been dealing w/ depression since I was itty bitty! It took me until I was 28 to figure out what was wrong! Now at 34 I think I have the correct dx of atypical bipolar II! Also I think the...
I have found a microsurgeon in Missoula, Montana that does the DIEP w/ medicaid insurance. He doe it to support people w/ breast cancer. [img]/community/emoticons/smile.gif I also will look into...
I have been reading your story on this forum... [b][u][i]your book is already started and I am looking forward to the next post to continue reading! The names you pick for your new topics create...
thanks for any info!!! Karen in north Idaho ...
Thanks Elisha! Depression is the biggest challenge in my life and it has been since I was very young!!! Breast cancer came into my life when I was 32 and now almost 2 years later I feel better than...
michelle, My mom was in remission! She was doing so good before she got esophigial cancer. That was caused from acid reflux and should never have gotten out of hand. I hope you feel healthier soon....
When I married my husband he had some baggage... an ex-wife! So now I basically have an ex-wife and oh my goodness...I dream of beating her up and I wish she would pass away. I have never experienced...
/community/emoticons/yeah.gif I left a message on freeloaders post... I totally understand about wanting a disease that is socially acceptible!!! Laziness, crabiness, "chubbyness" Not acceptible!!!...
shynsassy, You sound like a really fun person!! I enjoyed these few posts I just read! You sound more sassy than shy! I hope you are feeling "up"! It seems we can't be up all the time, but I bet...
I have been diagnosed as atypical bipolar type II! The labels might bother some people, however it may have saved my life because now I am receiving treatment for bipolarII instead of depression!...
[b]you are doing good! Sarcoidosis was so hard on my mom... it was 1971 and at age 27 she almost died. /community/emoticons/confused.gif She lived in Missoula, MT and she was so sick they sent her...
Glad to hear you are one year past your chemo! Also I really appreciate your "play by play" of your tram reconstruction!!! I just rescheduled mine for July 6th! Work, questions, etc! You know how it...
1st ? - Did either of you have a bilateral tram reconstruction? 3rd ? - Some people say they did not really recover for at least one year! Was that true for either of you? ...
PS- I meant I can't recommend progesterone cream, but I still really feel it is the right choise for me!...
I have not changed as many things in my life to help prevent any mets as I would like. My husband and I did sell our house and we no longer have a house payment with a 30 year morgage! My sugar...
thanks! I have been looking into the diep surgery and I would need to find out if radiation damaged the blood supply from the top of my chest, because I may not even be a canidate for diep. I will...
Hello! I was diagnosed in July 04 with stage III B breast cancer with 7 of 13 lymphnodes involved, and the tumor was 5 cm. I had a mastectomy and did 4 treatments of A/C chemo, however I had a crappy...
[color=purple>This] the loss of abdomen muscles. I have been looking into DIEP and the free TRAM reconstructions, but I have not found a micro surgeon near home. I live at the tippy top of Idaho!...